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| Type of retail outlet | Type of index |
Index number (Monthly average of Oct. 94 - Sep. 95 = 100) |
% Change | |||||||
| Nov 1999 (Revised figures) |
Dec 1999 (Revised figures) |
Jan 2000 (Provisional figures) |
Nov 1999 over Nov 1998 |
Dec 1999 over Dec 1998 |
Jan 2000 over Jan 1999 |
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| (Points) | (Points) | (Points) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||||
| (A) | All retail outlets | Value Volume |
82.6 81.7 |
95.5 95.8 |
101.5 103.2 |
-2.7 +4.9 |
-1.5 +5.8 |
+11.7 +19.7 |
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(B) |
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | Value Volume |
105.3 100.4 |
111.8 104.8 |
121.4 114.7 |
-0.5 -2.6 |
-0.6 -2.5 |
+7.4 +5.4 |
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| Supermarkets * | Value Volume |
117.6 100.1 |
129.8 111.3 |
132.4 115.2 |
+4.3 +11.7 |
+5.1 +14.1 |
+16.4 +28.6 |
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| Fuels | Value Volume |
82.1 71.9 |
92.7 80.1 |
96.0 83.0 |
+8.2 +8.7 |
+8.4 +5.6 |
+12.3 +11.3 |
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| Clothing, footwear and allied products | Value Volume |
61.9 65.1 |
85.3 93.9 |
82.7 97.3 |
-10.7 +8.1 |
-4.3 +10.2 |
-4.9 +10.9 |
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| - Wearing apparel | Value Volume |
60.2 63.2 |
85.4 94.6 |
79.1 94.5 |
-8.7 +10.6 |
-4.0 +10.5 |
-6.5 +9.4 |
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| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | Value Volume |
74.1 78.4 |
84.5 91.2 |
108.8 120.9 |
-20.6 -4.9 |
-6.5 +8.1 |
+5.0 +20.3 |
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| Consumer durable goods | Value Volume |
80.3 91.2 |
80.5 92.7 |
97.2 110.1 |
-5.0 +6.0 |
-5.5 +6.8 |
+22.9 +34.7 |
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| - Motor vehicles and parts | Value Volume |
62.8 73.6 |
48.8 57.4 |
69.9 80.9 |
+9.7 +13.3 |
-4.0 -0.8 |
+46.0 +46.1 |
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| - Furniture and fixtures | Value Volume |
89.2 88.7 |
103.7 103.5 |
154.2 155.9 |
-2.6 +11.3 |
+4.4 +17.2 |
+13.7 +25.7 |
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| - Other consumer durable goods | Value Volume |
91.4 104.5 |
98.4 115.7 |
101.1 115.7 |
-12.0 +1.1 |
-8.9 +7.4 |
+17.3 +33.2 |
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| Department stores | Value Volume |
70.3 69.2 |
95.9 96.8 |
84.9 88.1 |
+7.5 +22.1 |
+4.0 +13.3 |
+14.4 +24.1 |
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| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | Value Volume |
78.5 86.0 |
90.4 100.0 |
96.8 107.0 |
-2.8 +0.2 |
-3.5 +0.5 |
+18.9 +21.5 |
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| Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | Value Volume |
86.5 76.4 |
97.2 86.7 |
114.0 101.9 |
-8.4 -3.4 |
-4.9 +0.7 |
+10.3 +16.6 |
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Note 1 : * The figures for "supermarkets" above do not include sales in supermarket sections of department stores. Below are supplementary statistics that include such sales. |
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| Supermarkets and supermarket sections of department stores | Value Volume |
113.7 97.7 |
126.4 109.8 |
128.9 112.1 |
+3.2 +11.7 |
+3.6 +13.9 |
+15.7 +27.9 |
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Table 2 : Movement of Total Retail Sales Volume, October 1998 - January 2000 |
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| Original Series | Seasonally Adjusted Series | |||
| Year/Month | Year-on-year rate of change (%) |
3 months ending Month/Year |
Compared with the 3 months ending Month/Year |
Rate of change (%)@ |
| 1998 Oct | -18.1 | Oct 1998 | Jul 1998 | -5.9 |
| Nov | -17.1 | Nov 1998 | Aug 1998 | -3.7 |
| Dec | -14.0 | Dec 1998 | Sep 1998 | -1.2 |
| 1999 Jan | -18.4 | Jan 1999 | Oct 1998 | -2.6 |
| Feb | # | Feb 1999 | Nov 1998 | -1.5 |
| Mar | -9.4 | Mar 1999 | Dec 1998 | -1.6 |
| Apr | -3.3 | Apr 1999 | Jan 1999 | 5.3 |
| May | -1.3 | May 1999 | Feb 1999 | 4.1 |
| Jun | -0.3 | Jun 1999 | Mar 1999 | 6.4 |
| Jul | 0.8 | Jul 1999 | Apr 1999 | 2.6 |
| Aug | 2.1 | Aug 1999 | May 1999 | 1.5 |
| Sep | 2.2 | Sep 1999 | Jun 1999 | -1.9 |
| Oct | 3.4 | Oct 1999 | Jul 1999 | -2.7 |
| Nov | 4.9 | Nov 1999 | Aug 1999 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 5.8 | Dec 1999 | Sep 1999 | 0.9 |
| 2000 Jan | 19.7 | Jan 2000 | Oct 1999 | 3.2 |
| Notes : | @ | The rate is calculated by comparing the monthly average index for the 3-month period ending the month in question with that for the preceding 3-month period, e.g. the rate for the 3 months ending Mar. 99 is the percentage change of the average monthly index for Jan., Feb. and Mar. 99 over the average monthly index for Oct., Nov. and Dec. 98. |
| # | Denotes a figure within +0.05. | |
| The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. | ||